Drum Rocker Corefor Xbox 360

Premium Drum Set for Rock Band Series

Overview

Don't just play games, play drums with your Xbox 360!

Drum Rocker Core is a premium drum set for the Rock Band 2 video game. This kit is designed to take a real beating, with all the positioning flexibility that professional drummers demand. Drum Rocker Core's professional aluminum drum rack lets you position your snare and tom pads wherever you want and its all-metal foot pedal is rugged and reliable. You can add Drum Rocker Cymbal Expansion Kits and customize your setup with real-feel, swinging cymbals that are color-assignable. And when you're ready to move from playing Rock Band to playing in a rock band, you can swap the game controller module with one of the professional drum brains made by Alesis, and you're ready to hit the road for real!

ULTRA-QUIET VELOCITY-SENSITIVE PADS
Drum Rocker Core's velocity-sensitive drum pads feature a playing surface that is much quieter than other drum controllers. They also feel great – the stick rebound off of the pad is much more natural and consistent than anything else available. The pad housing is made of high-impact plastic, designed to be whacked on stage night after night. No matter how much you punish them, the Drum Rocker drum pads can take it. The pads are mounted to the drum rack with a metal L-Arm and clamp system, which allows them to be tilted, swiveled, raised and lowered to whatever position you want. Just one warning – once you play these pads, nothing else will do!

ALL-METAL KICK DRUM PEDAL
The kick drum pedal with any drum controller takes a lot of abuse. No need to worry with Drum Rocker – this pedal is all metal and built to last! It's also got the right amount of tension to replicate the feeling of playing a real drum pedal, and we're even building an accessory pedal to allow for double-pedal setups. The pedal comes with Velcro and retractable spikes, so you can be sure it will stay put. You're not limited to where you place it either – put the kick pedal wherever you feel most comfortable playing it.

EXPAND AND COMPLETE THE EXPERIENCE WITH UP TO THREE CYMBALS
There's nothing like finishing a monster fill by whacking a crash cymbal. Or crossing over to play your hi-hat with your right hand while you keep the backbeat on the snare with your left. Or keeping time on a ride cymbal during the chorus. Optional Drum Rocker Cymbal Expansion Kits let you do all that and more, with cymbals that can be placed anywhere around the kit.

Have a seat on the ION Drum Throne, and when you're ready to take your playing beyond the Rock Band Game, the Alesis DM5 Professional Drum Sound Module is a great choice for standalone drumming.

Drum Rocker Core does not ship with the Rock Band 2 video game.Rock Band® and Rock Band 2® are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.Xbox 360® is a trademark of Microsoft CorporationPlayStation® is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Wii® is a trademark of Nintendo Inc.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

System Requirements

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To use two kick drum pedals in Rock Band 1 (not 2), you can connect a second pedal to the original kick drum pedal, which should be plugged into the controller module. You can purchase the DRUM ROCKER DOUBLE KICK EXPANSION KIT right here.

There is no cymbal input that corresponds to the red input for the game, and the sensitivity level of the cymbal input is different than that of the pads, so you can’t simply plug the yellow cymbal into the red drum pad input. In those rare instances where Rock Band maps the hi-hat to the red drum pad, you will have to play the part on the red DRUM ROCKER pad, just as you would with the standard Rock Band kit.

Traditional drum sets can be set up in “righty’ or “lefty” configuration, meaning that the kit is set up so that the player leads with their dominant hand. Most drummers play in righty configuration, which generally means that their snare is set up to the left of the kick drum, toms are arranged left to right (from high to low) and they use their right foot on the kick. Lefty configuration, as you may imagine, is the opposite. Lefty Flip Mode is necessary within Rock Band to allow the basic Harmonix kit, which is a fixed semicircle of (4) pads that can’t be adjusted, to behave like a drum set configured for a lefty; that is, with the snare drum on the right and the toms arranged right to left. However, since DRUM ROCKER is as configurable as a real drum set, there is no need to use Lefty Flip Mode when using DRUM ROCKER. All you need to do is reposition the drum and cymbal pads to correspond with the way you want the kit setup - lefty, righty, or somewhere in between.

DRUM ROCKER is fully compatible with Rock Band 3, including the new “Rock Band Pro” mode. Users of existing DRUM ROCKER kits with cymbals will be able to have differentiated drum and cymbal response from their kits when used in game modes where differentiated inputs are supported.

To use two kick drum pedals in Rock Band 1 (not 2), you can connect a second pedal to the original kick drum pedal, which should be plugged into the controller module. You can purchase an additional DRUM ROCKER pedal from drumrocker.com.

To use two kick drum pedals in Rock Band 1 (not 2), you can connect a second pedal to the original kick drum pedal, which should be plugged into the controller module. You can purchase an additional DRUM ROCKER pedal from drumrocker.com.

There is no cymbal input that corresponds to the red input for the game, and the sensitivity level of the cymbal input is different than that of the pads, so you can’t simply plug the yellow cymbal into the red drum pad input. In those rare instances where Rock Band maps the hi-hat to the red drum pad, you will have to play the part on the red DRUM ROCKER pad, just as you would with the standard Rock Band kit.

To use DRUM ROCKER as a real electronic drum set, you'll need the following:
An Alesis DM5 drum module: Many drum modules can accept the DRUM ROCKER's 1/4" outputs, but ION recommends the Alesis DM5, which has over 500 professional quality sounds and 12 1/4" trigger inputs perfectly suited to handle the DRUM ROCKER pads' output levels.
A Module Mount Kit: The Module Mount Kit allows you to mount the DM5 module to your DRUM ROCKER.
A velocity-sensitive bass drum trigger pad and pedal: The bass drum input on the DM5 requires a velocity-sensitive trigger pad so it can properly respond to your kick drum playing. This kind of trigger pad and an appropriate bass drum pedal should be available at your local music retailer.
An extra 1/4" cable: To connect the bass drum pad to the DM5 module. This is available at your local music retailer.
Once you connect your new bass drum pedal, you can use the included DRUM ROCKER pedal as a footswitch for your left foot to take advantage of both "open" and "closed" hi-hat sounds on the DM5.
We also highly recommend purchasing the DRUM ROCKER CYMBAL KIT. Adding this third cymbal will give you the feel of playing on a true drum set, which typically has three cymbals: a hi-hat, crash and ride.
Consult the DM5/DRUM ROCKER Setup Guide for more information on how to turn your DRUM ROCKER into a real electronic drum kit!

DRUM ROCKER is a wired game controller, but the cable is four meters long, which should give you flexibility in determining where the kit should be setup. (DRUM ROCKER is also quite easy to fold up for storage, as well.)

DRUM ROCKER is designed to work with Rock Band 2, and is compatible with the original version of Rock Band as well. If other music games choose to use the standard drum controller layout that was pioneered by Rock Band, then DRUM ROCKER should work with them. If other games choose to use a different drum controller layout, those games will not be compatible with DRUM ROCKER. For example, Activision has stated that Guitar Hero World Tour will work with Xbox 360 Rock Band drum controllers, which means that DRUM ROCKER should work with Guitar Hero World Tour in the same way that the core Harmonix drums will work. Wii users – DRUM ROCKER for Wii is not compatible with Activision games, including Guitar Hero.

Rock Band doesn't differentiate between cymbal and tom pads, so you're free to hit whichever feels most comfortable to you. There are some gameplay modes, however, like the Drum Trainer in Rock Band 2, which use intelligent software to determine when you are hitting a cymbal or a drum and provide the appropriate sounds. Rock Band 3 does support separate inputs and is supported with DRUM ROCKER in this way.

While DRUM ROCKER pads can be used with any drum module (or "drum brain") with 1/4" inputs, you will get the best results from a module that has adjustable input sensitivity, so it can be "tuned" to the output of the DRUM ROCKER pads and cymbals. We recommend the Alesis DM5, which has been tested with DRUM ROCKER. The DM5 can generally be found for $349 at musical instrument retailers like Sweetwater and Guitar Center. The Alesis Trigger IO has a street price of around $149 and can connect DRUM ROCKER to a PC to use software as a sound source. The Alesis DM6 module is also sold at ionaudio.com for this purpose.

While you may be able to plug other electronic drum triggers into the DRUM ROCKER controller module, they may not work with Rock Band.
The DRUM ROCKER module was designed specifically for use with the DRUM ROCKER drum and cymbal pads, which have a unique set of output characteristics (as do all electronic drum and cymbal pads and pedals). Plugging another set of triggers with 1/4" outputs into the DRUM ROCKER module will not yield the same results as using a DRUM ROCKER kit, and in fact may not work at all.
Although, if your goal is to have a single electronic drum set that can be used with your existing drum module and Rock Band as well, you can go at this from another angle. If your module has 1/4" inputs (and its input sensitivity can be adjusted), we suggest purchasing a DRUM ROCKER and using its pads with your existing electronic drum module. This way, you can have a single kit for playing games and playing music!

We included three color rings so you can be flexible with which cymbal triggers which color. For instance, you may prefer to use the right-hand cymbal as a green or blue trigger. Just remember to match the color of the cymbal ring with the color of that cymbal's connection on the drum module. DRUM ROCKER CORE does not come with cymbals or rings.

DRUM ROCKER is a controller and doesn't include any software or default "settings". All of the settings related to DRUM ROCKER are found inside the Rock Band game, so there is no need to reinitialize DRUM ROCKER itself.